Foundry Conferences

The Gemini Solutions Group in collaboration with Gemini Foundry Inc are proud to announce that the third edition of Foundry conferences will take place on September 23, 2014.
Our special guest will be Romain Lavault, General Partner and Head of Seed/Early Stage Fund at Partech in Paris.

Romain Lavault - Partech

Romain joined Partech International in 2013 and focuses on seed and early stage opportunities in Data, Mobility,
Internet and next-generation online services in Europe, with a particular focus on the French market.

Prior to joining Partech, Romain most recently served as a Vice President, Strategy and M&A at Dassault Systèmes, the 2nd largest software company in Europe.
Romain sold and merged to Dassault Systèmes his prior company Intercim early 2011, specialized in web-based applications for advanced and distributed Manufacturing, for which he served as
VP Sales Worldwide and VP Strategy. Prior to Intercim, Romain lived a unique entrepreneurial adventure with the predictive analytics startup Pertinence between France and the US, where he relocated in 2005.
At Pertinence, Romain served as VP Sales and Chief Operating Officer between 2001 and 2007, until Pertinence merged with Intercim.

The event will continue with an amazing pitching session from the coolest startups around.

Foundry Conferences

The Gemini Solutions Group in collaboration with Gemini Foundry Inc are proud to announce that the second edition of Foundry conferences will take place on February 27, 2014.
Our special guest will be Romain Niccoli, co-founder of Criteo, one of the best european startups in the last decade.

The event will take place at Hotel Marshal Garden, Calea Dorobantilor nr. 50B, Sector 1, Bucuresti.

Access to the event will be based on individual invite. To receive your invitation please register here:

Criteo – The Best Tech Story of the Last Years

Founded in 2005, Criteo is probably the most successful European ad tech story over the last period. During the last years, Criteo has grown to be a global technology company that enables e-commerce companies to leverage large volumes of data to efficiently and effectively engage and convert their customers. With predictive software algorithms, coupled with deep insights into consumer intent and purchasing habits, Criteo delivers highly personalized advertisements in real-time. To this day, Criteo operates globally in 37 countries and has 15 offices worldwide. Furthermore, they partner with over 4,000 clients and are in direct relationship with over 6,000 publishers.

Romain Niccoli, Criteo CTO and Co-Founder

Romain Niccoli is Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of Criteo, one of the best european startups in the last decade. With a strong background in software development and team management, he had a major influence in the successful evolution of the company. Previously, Romain gained his technical experience by helding several positions at Microsoft, Redmond, USA, including management and leadership of large teams of software engineers. Romain Niccoli holds a master's degree in Computer Science from Ecole des Mines de Paris, France.

Event organized with the support of the U.S. Commercial Service, Embassy of the United States to Romania.

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Foundry Conferences

Launch event on September 24, 2013 in Bucharest.

Key Speaker - Nicolas El Baze

Nicolas El Baze

Nicolas El Baze joined Partech International in 2000 and focuses on early stage opportunities in Software and Internet.

Prior to Partech, Nicolas spent 15 years as an entrepreneur and was a co-founder of several venture-funded companies: Softway International (acq. by ITway),
Softway Systems (acq. by Microsoft), and ISDnet (acq. by Cable & Wireless).
Nicolas also lead the >Softway Venture Development activity which resulted in the incubation of several successful start-ups in the U.S. and Europe including:
RightPoint (acq. by E.piphany), MultiMania (IPO - acq. by Lycos Europe), and LibertySurf (IPO - acq. by Tiscali). Nicolas also served on the boards of Meiosys (IBM),
Akimbi Systems (VMware), Pantero (Progress Software), ClearApp (Oracle), and Q-Layer (Sun Microsystems).

Nicolas received an MBA from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris, and an International Management Program degree from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and Universität zu Köln, Germany.

He is also a co-founder of DBF, the leading French tech entrepreneur network in the US.

Event organized with the support of the US Commercial Service, Embassy of the United States to Romania and Universitatea Politehnica Bucuresti.

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